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Event title:
Musical festival given under the title 'Musical Flower-buds all Beautiful and New' [Musikalische Blumenlese alles Schönen und Neuen] with music given by 'Great String Orchestra' of Infantry Regiment of Count Nugent and by J. Baschek
Venue: Konvikt
Event type: Popular social musical and dance events
Date: 06/01/1860
Programme unspecified [see commentary]:
- ensemble of the Infantry Regiment of Count Nugent: participating orchestra, str orch
- BASCHEK, J.: soloist, toy insts
Commentary:
The Prager Morgenpost 6/1/1860 advertisement noted that taking place in the ‘Convict-Hall today under the title: Flower buds, all fine and new, [a] great Music Festival, at which the large String Orchestra of the Infantry Regiment of Count Nugent participates, and [in which] Mr J. Baschek will perform pieces on many instruments of the future, namely ... [on] invented wind instruments, such as the Stiefelknechte [Bootjack or shoe-horn]’ Admission to the event, which was to begin at 5pm and end at 10pm, cost 20kr.
Summary of sources:
Bohemia, ein Unterhaltungsblatt (06/01/1860)Prager Morgenpost (06/01/1860)